Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Part 1. Pathways
5. Chapter 1. Why Shariʿa in Britain? 3
6. Chapter 2. Transplanting Ties 10
7. Chapter 3. Islamic Topographies 25
8. Part 2. Practices
9. Chapter 4. Background to the Shariʿa Councils 47
10. Chapter 5. Improvising an Institution 65
11. Chapter 6. Unstable Performativity 88
12. Chapter 7. Competing Justifications 103
13. Part 3. Variants
14. Chapter 8. When Women Rule in Birmingham 123
15. Chapter 9. Sufi Encompassments 143
16. Part 4. Boundaries
17. Chapter 10. Shariʿa in English Law The Argument So Far 173
18. Chapter 11. When Can Shariʿa Be British? 194
19. Chapter 12. Internal Debates and Practical Convergences 209
20. Chapter 13. Conclusions 229
21. Glossary 233
22. Notes 235
23. References 257
24. Index 271
25. Backmatter 277